5 Cell phone shortages due to the Taiwan earthquake (www.dailymail.co.uk) posted 44 days ago by DrLeaks2 44 days ago by DrLeaks2 +7 / -2 Taiwan quake may drive up price of US tech as chipmakers hit pause The historic 7.2-magnitude earthquake, Taiwan's worst in 25 years, has halted its semiconductor industry - but chipmakers reported minimal damage. The quake killed 9 people 2 comments share 2 comments share save hide report block hide replies
There have been shortages for years. I saw 2-3x price increase on all sorts over the past few years.
They even had an embargo for a while during the lockdown
Only thing that got cheaper is OLED and eink